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World in Progress 08/02/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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“The Niles – Myths and Challenges” : The Nile River has been the life line for East Africa for thousands of years. Countless myths are connected ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Living Planet 07/27/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Drought grips farmers - It's hot out there. The heat wave sweeping across the northern hemisphere this week has farmers worried, e...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Living Planet 07/20/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Disgusting creatures - Tarantulas, scorpions and cockroaches are not appealing — but they are important! Eels in Canada are bei...

Bought by KMUN, KRZA, KUPR low power FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 5
Living Planet 05/18/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Batty about biodiversity - There’s bat appreciation day, international day for biodiversity and the day of endangered species – ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
Niger: The Causes of Famine (2009 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy
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Famines often occur during times of drought, but their causes go much deeper than a lack of rain. With East Africa now facing widespread hunger,

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 05:59
Farming and famine in Nigeria (2009 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy
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A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:30
Living Planet 04/06/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Our edible footprint - This week on the show: From wine to maple syrup, some of our most-loved delicacies could be at risk from...

Bought by KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and WFIU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
Living Planet 03/23/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Playing with food - This week on the show: from cultured cabbages to musical leeks, we explore the weird and wonderful ways that...

Bought by 'The Sea', KRJF-lp, 'The Sea', KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 6: Save By Savoring
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Discover the diverse flavors of cocoa from Vietnam, Trinidad and Dominican Republic and learn how we can save these flavors by savoring them.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2017
  • Length: 24:00
Pierre Ferrari and Heifer International: Helping Families Achieve Self-Reliance
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate podcast with Pierre Ferrari, president and CEO of Heifer International, on bringing sustainable agriculture and commerce to ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 47:20
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
What Does Greed Look Like?
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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An article published by The Guardian in October provides a stark exposé of one of the largest Chinese suppliers of premium tuna to the Japanese mar...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 05:16
Life With Cows is Sweet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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Three quick angles of life in the cattle business.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Tackling Q Fever and Other Camel Diseases in Kenya
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: At a ranch near Mpala, Margaret Kinnaird takes notes about a camel sick with trypanosomiasis as a herder looks on., Credit: Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Camels are known for their ability to travel long distances across the desert without water. But they’re also becoming an increasingly important s...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:41
Island Stories PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 7
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Calvin Jollimore and his daughter., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 27:06
Global Ethics Corner: Not Enough Fish in the Sea?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Marine fish stocks are dangerously low, but this hasn't stopped China from sending its fishing fleets to distant waters, sometimes illegally. Could...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
Bartolo's Honey
From: Diane Bock
Caption: Yucatan Honey, Credit: John Bock
A hot, sticky day in the Yucatan.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
191: Industrial Fishing
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Super trawler Abel Tasman, formerly the F/V Margiris, a recently renamed and reflagged 430 foot, 9,500 gross ton suction harvest and freezer ship owned by Seafish Tasmania in partnership with Seafish Tasmania Pelagic, a wholly owned subsidiary of a Dutch
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the surprisingly small number of corporate conglomerates that control the fishi...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
168: Waste
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: An Indonesian collecting plastic goods amidst a pile of rubbish. Ciliwung River, Jakarta, Indonesia., Credit: Ardiles Rante
Today, one of the most startling manifestations of waste is the vast accumulation of petroleum-plastic thought to be no longer useful enough to eve...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:39
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
CamForum - In Praise Of Slowness
From: Cambridge Forum
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Explore the virtue of slowness

  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
The Future of the Planet
From: Lydon McGrath Productions
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This is hour 5 of The Whole Wide World: a 7-part series on globalization

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WPSU, KCPW Salt Lake City, and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4